Finger-ring guard



. April 15, 1930. H. LEVIN FINGER RING GUARD Filed May 12, 1928 WWW ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HARRIS LEVIN, F F EEPORT, new YORK, AssIGnOR TO THE LION SAFETY PIN CLUTCH 00., Inc, 0F new YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK FINGER-RING GUARD Application filed May 12,

The present invention relates to novelfinger ring guards of a type in which the jaws which engage and embrace the shank of the ring extend and open outwardly. One of the v objects of the present invention is to provide a ring guard having a jaw orjaw members which are adapted to slide upon the shank of the ring, when the ring is placed upon the finger, and to provide a connecting member which has no influence upon the jaw members except to cause them to slide and, further, to provide a ring guard of such a nature that there isno tendency to Open the aw members. Further objects are to provide a simple, practical and economically manufactured ring guard.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of 520 'parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating some desirable embodiments Of the invention and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a finger ring provided'with one form of the improved guard;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the finger ring guard of Fig. 1, showing it applied to a finger ring; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, in the direction of thearrows; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the members of such ring guard,- showing the same detached but in position for assembly;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a finger ring showing a modified form of guard applied thereto;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 6-6, Fig. 5, viewed'in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 7 isa planof the so modified guard; Fig. 8 is a cross-section on line 88, Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the finger ring, showing still anotherform of the guard in position thereon; and i j e Fig. 10. is an enlarged sect-ion thereof on the line9-9.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, an improved finger ring guard is illustrated which mp s s a flexible connecting member 10 suitable shape.

1928. Serial No. 277,134.

and outwardly open j aw members 11, 12 at the ends thereof. Connecting member 10 is preferably composed of thin sheet metal and more or less elongated. Preferably the connecting member 10 is made of 14 kt. gold sufficiently hardened as by hammering and thinning it to make it springy. The jaw members 11 and 12 are of suitable metal, preferably 14 kt. gold, which is soft so as to enable parts thereof to be bent around the shank of the ring.

In describing the jaw members, reference will be made only to one of them, as the other jaw member is preferably constructed in the same way, each jaw member being composed preferably of a strip of 14 kt. gold bent into Jaw member 12 is formed by bending the strip of metal so as to form a back 13 and outwardly extending jaws 14, and further, with a lug or tang 15 which extends from one edge of the back 13, in the same direction as the jaws 14 extenchsaid lug or tang 15 being located preferably midway between the jaws 14, all as clearly shown in Fig. 4. As stated, the jaw member 11 is formed preferably in the same manner. Flexible connecting member 10 is formed with struck up transverse shoulders 16 adjacent the ends, such shoulders serving to offset the said ends from the plane of the interme diate portion of the connecting member 10. The Offset ends of member 10 are formed with transverse slots 17, 18 which are sufficiently larger than the cross-section of the lugs or tangs 15 to enable the latter to be inserted into such slots,whereupon the portions of the lugs projecting beyond the member 10 are upset and turned Over in some such fashion as shown in Fig. 2, thereby to connect the jaw members with the connecting member 10 by connections which are of less width than the member 10 and the space between the jaws of a pair. The backs 13 of each jaw member will then be substantially on the same line or in the same plane as the intervening body of the connecting member, because the said backs will bear upon the inner sides of the ofiset portions of the connecting member.

The slashing of the metal connectingmember 10 at 17, 18 for the reception of the lugs provides somewhat greater flexibility of the connecting member at the slots, transversely of the ends of the said member. That is to say the flexibility produced allows a movement of one or both of the aw members at a slight angle to the inner surface of the elongated member. \Vhen the described guard is to be applied to a ring, the jaw members of course engage from the inside of the ring outwardly, with the shank of the ring, and then the jaws 14.1nay be bent around towards each other, being composed of soft metal, so as to embrace and almost entirely, if desired, surround the shank of the ring. The springy connecting member 10 has no influence upon the jaw members 11, 12 except to cause them to slide either when putting the ring on the finger or while on the finger, and such connecting member will not cause the jaws to open, partly because the jaws extend outwardly and partly because of the greater flexibility or line of weakness provided transversely of the ends of the connecting member. It is preferred to have the backs of the jaw members flush with the part of the connecting member which is intermediate thereof, so as to avoid objections by the wearer of the finger rin carrying the guard.

eferring to the modification shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7'and 8, the guard is shown as of sheet metal preferably all in one piece, and may be composed of hardandspringy-l. kt. old or other metal. Here the sheet metal blank from which the connecting member is formed is shown as having been cut or slashed by means of diagonal recesses 21 which converge at each end otthe connecting member, so that the ends 22 of the latter taper. Formed with the smaller ends ofthe tapering reduced portions or necks 22 of the connectln member are cross-bars 23, at the ends of w ich are members 24 which extend transversely of the cross-bars 23, there being a pair of such members 24 adjacent each end of" the connecting member 20. Each of the members 24 is of channeled formation and they extend substantiallyparallel with the connecting member 20. Formed intermediately of the lengths of the longitudinally channeled members 24 are feet 25 which extend outwardly from the members 24, each cross or-back bar 23, its adjacent channeled member 24 with eachfoot 25, constitutingone of the jaws of apair of'jaws, to-provide jaw members.

In applying the form of guard shown in Figs. 5-to Sto a ring, the guard-asshownin Figs. 7and'8will be positioned and'adjusted substantially as shown in Figs. 5 undo; that is, the jaw'members at the ends ofthe connectin member20 are slightly bent away from t e connecting member so as toset them angularly with respect thereto, and the jaw members are caused to enga outwardly with the shank of the ring. "Eben this has been dime, the feet 25:; are" bent over and towards each other upon the shank. These modified jaw members will have more or less of a slide fit upon the shank, which is desirable due to the variations of pressure upon the connecting member 20. The reducing of the transverse dimensions of the guard by slashing the metal renders the guard more pliable and bendable at the necks or reduced portions 22. When the jaws encircle the shank of the ring, the springy connecting member 20 cannot have the power to open a jaw, as it will only pull or push along the inside of the ring.

A still further modification is shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the guard being composed of suitable springy metal; A member 27 connects together an anchoring jaw member 28 and a bearing aw member 29. The jaw member 28 is adapted to extend further around the shank of the ring than the jaw member 29, which has comparativelyshort jaws, so as to offer no resistance to the tendency of the springy connecting member to push or pull the jaw member 29 one way or the other. In this case the jaw member 28 firmly anchors the guard to the ring and provides for no slip relatively to the ring at that point. The guard is transversely cut or slashed to form a slot 30 intermediately of the anchoring jaw member 28 and the connecting member 27, so as to provide greater flexibility at such location. Of course, in the modifications, the jaw members 24 and'28, 29 are left soft SO that they may be readily bent over the shank of the ring like the jaw members 14 of the main form of the invention, while the con-f necting member in each modification is hardened to render it springy.

It is obvious that other changes may be made in the improved ring guard without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the scope of the appended'claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. A finger-ring guard, comprising an elongated, flexible, metallic member and metallic jaw-members at the ends thereof and opening. outwardly away from the ends of the elongated member for engagement with the shank of a ring to retain the guard on the ring, the back of a pair of the jaw-members at one end of the elongated member having a connection with the elongated memberwhich is of less :width than the elongated member and the space" between the jaws of such pair to form a line ofweakness at that point transverselybetween saidiback and the elongated member.

2. A finger-ring guard, comprising an elongated, flexible, metallic member and metallic jaw-members at the ends thereof and opening outwardly away from the ends of the elongated member for engagement with the shank of a ring to retain thegu'ard on the ring, the j raw-members and the elongated member being se arate pieces mechanically interconnected together transversely of the width of the guard, for a relative movement in the plane of the ring.

3. A finger-ring guard comprising an elongated, flexible, metallic member and metallic jawanembers at the ends thereof and opening outwardly away from the ends of the elongated member for engagement With the shank of a ring to retain the guard on the ring, the backs of the jaw-members having lugs, the ends of the elongated member hav ing slots for receiving the lugs, and the lugs being upset against the elongated member.

4. A finger-ring guard comprising an elongated, flexible, metallic member and metallicjawnnembers at the ends thereof and opening outwardly away from the ends of the elongated member for engagement with the shank of a ring to retain the guard on the ring, one of the jaw members connected with the elongated member by a transverse line of weakness between them.

HARRIS LEVIN. 

